When I first encountered the word observability(or o11y for short) I was curious to understand how it can help the teams in the world of testing or is it just something that is useful for certain roles for very specific usecases.

Let me share the following 3 reasons of how it totally fits into testing world.

#1 Learning from production

Having an observable system can help testers to learn from production and improve the way the product is being tested from the feedback.

#2 A tool for exploration

Testers are typically very curious, great at exploring and asking questions. Having an observable system can help testers to understand or find root cause of an issue while exploring and also helps in providing enough information that can be shared with the developers which makes it easier to colloborate to find the solution together.

#3 Helps uncover details

An observable system can help to uncover a lot of unknowns about the product so it helps in the learning of how different services interact and work. This allows to uncover a lot of valuable information that can be used as a guide for decision making when testing.

These are just very few of the reasons to mention. I'll share more in upcoming posts.